2 Cents Critic

By Arthur Howell

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2 Cents Critic episodes:

May 17, 2023 #106 - The Proposal | Directed by Anne Fletcher (with Adam Avitable of Dating Kinda Sucks and The Angel at the Starlite Motel)
Tune in as Adam Avitable (Dating Kinda Sucks, The Angel at the Starlite Motel) hangs out on the program for a discussion on The Proposal, the 2009 engagement-of-convenience, enemies-to-lovers, boss-employee rom-com starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. Talking points for the episode include the numerous parallels this shares with While You Were Sleeping, Adam’s Rosario Dawson story, whether or not this movie had originally cast Indigenous actors, and the varying levels of its clichés and predictability.

Directed by Anne Fletcher, The Proposal stars Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Betty White, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Malin Åkerman, Denis O’Hare, Oscar Nunez, Aasif Mandvi, and Michael Mosley.
Spoilers start at 22:30

Good Word:
• Adam: Taskmaster
• Arthur: Trance (2013)

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1h 49min
May 10, 2023 #105 - What Lies Beneath | Directed by Robert Zemeckis (with Kat and Jazz of Girl, That’s Scary)
Tune in as Kat and Jazz (Girl, That’s Scary) team up with Arthur for a discussion on What Lies Beneath, the 2000 supernatural domestic thriller that gave us Michelle Pfeiffer’s velvety delivery of the iconic “Your Wife” line. Hitchcockian vibes, how spicy Atomic Fireballs truly are, gorgeous cinematography, and just what the hell is going on with the Feurs are some of the topics that the hosts cover.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis, What Lies Beneath stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Harrison Ford, Diane Scarwid, James Remar, Miranda Otto, Ray Baker, Wendy Crewson, Amber Valletta, Joe Morton, Micole Mercurio, and Katharine Towne.

Spoilers start at 19:00

Good Word:

• Kat: Pod Mortem: A Horror Podcast
• Jazz: The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar by Mark H. Harris and Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman
• Arthur: Netflix’s Shadow and Bone, Season 2

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1h 60min
May 03, 2023 #104 - Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Directed by Peyton Reed (with Daxh Alanis)
Tune in as my friend Daxh Alanis hops into the guest seat for a breakdown of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which is not only the 31st movie in the MCU, but is also the movie that’s kicking off Phase 5 of the superhero franchise. The parallels that this flick shares with pop culture media like Star Wars and Rick and Morty, whether the MCU is being written like a TV show, the Jonathan Majors situation, and using the Kardashev scale to classify a highly intelligent ant colony make up just a few of this episode’s talking points.

Directed by Peyton Reed, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania stars Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Bill Murray, William Jackson Harper, David Dastmalchian, Jamie Andrew Cutler, and Katy M. O’Brian.

Spoilers start at 41:30

Good Word:
• Daxh: Where Wolf by Rob Saucedo, Debora Lancianese, and Jack Morelli, and Polite Society
• Arthur: Amazon Freevee’s Jury Duty

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2h 46min
April 26, 2023 #103 - Disney+’s The Mandalorian, Season 3 | Created by Jon Favreau (with Brojem)
Tune in as return guest and fellow Star Wars nerd Brojem joins Arthur for a review and recap of Disney+’s The Mandalorian, Season 3. The ways in which the hosts like and dislike the evolution of Star Wars, the franchise’s dubious stance on droid slavery (a topic that the hosts had previously covered in last year’s podcast on Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi), a mini-discussion on The Book of Boba Fett, and Disney’s decision to scrap the Star Wars Legends comprise just a few of this episode’s talking points.

Created by Jon Favreau, Season 3 of The Mandalorian stars Pedro Pascal, Brendan Wayne, Lateef Crowder, Katee Sackhoff, Giancarlo Esposito, Carl Weathers, Emily Swallow, Omid Abtahi, Katy M. O’Brian, Jon Favreau, Tait Fletcher, and Amy Sedaris.

Spoilers start at 16:10
Good Word:

• Brojem: Shadows of the Empire by Steve Perry and the Thrawn trilogy (AKA the Heir to the Empire trilogy) by Timothy Zahn
• Arthur: HBO Max’s Succession

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2h 23min
April 19, 2023 #102 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (with Christy of X Knows All)
Tune in as Christy (X Knows All) hangs out with Arthur for a breakdown of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, the 2022 Goodreads Choice Award-winning novel by Gabrielle Zevin (The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry) that covers over three decades of a complicated friendship between two ingenious and flawed video game designers. Talking points for the podcast include the messy and endearing nature of the lead characters, comparing this book to Ready Player One, and what it’s like to consume this from gamer and non-gamer perspectives.

TW: gun violence, death, grief, homophobia, drug use, alcohol, a toxic relationship that borderlines on straight-up abusive, sexual assault, minor inclusion of abortion, minor-to-moderate inclusion of suicide

Spoilers start at 23:30
Brenda Romero’s tweets about Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow not giving her board game Train proper credit:

https://twitter.com/br/status/1624716448990998528?s=20
https://twitter.com/br/status/1638566085673861122?s=20

Good Word:

• Christy: Netflix’s MH370: The Plane That Disappeared
• Arthur: Daredevil (the TV show)

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1h 51min
April 12, 2023 #101 - Netflix’s The Sandman | Developed by Neil Gaiman, David S. Goyer, and Allan Heinberg (with Honer and Bruce of Drunk With Buds)
Tune in as Honer and Bruce (Drunk With Buds) drop by the program to discuss the Netflix series adaptation of The Sandman, the dark fantasy comic book by Neil Gaiman (Coraline, American Gods, Good Omens, The Graveyard Book). Its existential depth, the scrapped film adaptation that Gaiman himself had sabotaged, and the Audible version of The Sandman make up a few of the talking points on this episode.

Developed by Neil Gaiman, David S. Goyer, and Allan Heinberg, The Sandman stars Tom Sturridge, Boyd Holbrook, Vivienne Acheampong, Patton Oswalt, David Thewlis, Jenna Coleman, Gwendoline Christie, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Ferdinand Kingsley, Kyo Ra, Sandra James-Young, Razane Jammal, Jill Winternitz, Danny Kirrane, Kerry Shale, Stephen Fry, Mason Alexander Park, Melissanthi Mahut, Arthur Darvill, Charles Dance, and Mark Hamill.

Spoilers start at 26:50

Good Word:

• Honer: HBO Max’s The Last of Us
• Bruce: Lucifer
• Arthur: The Prestige

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1h 40min
April 05, 2023 #100 - The Roommate by Rosie Danan (with Ruan Willow of Oh F*ck Yeah with Ruan Willow)
Tune in as Ruan Willow (Oh F*ck Yeah with Ruan Willow) drops by for a review and recap of The Roommate, the 2020 contemporary romance novel by debut author Rosie Danan. There’s tons of charm to be found in this forced-proximity rom-com that fights for porn stars and for the right to get some good old pleasure. The book’s unusual method of slow-burn spice, the audiobook experience, how to handle the ever-popular miscommunication trope, and the action gem that is Speed all get discussed here.

TW: sexual content, two non-fatal car accidents (one that’s depicted on the page, the other which is mentioned in dialogue), cursing, misogyny, sexual harassment

Spoilers start at 18:35

Good Word:

• Ruan: Decadent Erotica: An Anthology by Ruan Willow and The Curious Girl Diaries
• Arthur: Prime Video’s The Voyeurs

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2h 8min
March 29, 2023 #99 - Happy 2nd Podiversary!!!
Tune in as numerous past 2CC guests partake in a special trivia event to celebrate the podcast turning two years old. Yes, two! Many thanks to Jessica and Saunya (Opinionated Lushes), Shelby Schwieterman and Sam Frontera (The Rom Complex), Guy Bradford, Misty Rose, and Sam Cabrera-Dixon (Hardcover Hoes) for joining in on the anniversary fun. And of course, more thanks goes out to all the listeners who’ve tuned into the varied discussions on this program. We’re keeping them going for Year 3, so it will be exciting to see what comes next!

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2h 1min
March 22, 2023 #98 - Gravity Falls | Created by Alex Hirsch (with Marie Nicola of Alt.Pop.Repeat)
Tune in as Marie Nicola (Alt.Pop.Repeat) visits the program for a deep dive into Gravity Falls, the animated Disney series that gave us two seasons full of paranormal mysteries and the adventures that twin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines embarked on to solve them. Talking points that Arthur and Marie raise include various Gravity Falls fan theories, well-written sibling dynamics, a few vehemently critical reviews that some grump left for the show online, and the cinematic playthrough that Grant Voegtle created for The Last of Us.

Created by Alex Hirsch, Gravity Falls stars Jason Ritter, Kristen Schaal, Hirsch, Linda Cardellini, Kevin Michael Richardson, Keith Ferguson, Jennifer Coolidge, Will Forte, John DiMaggio, Thurop van Orman, J.K. Simmons, T.J. Miller, Dee Bradley Baker, Niki Yang, and Carl Faruolo.

Spoilers start at 31:35

Good Word:

• Marie: The Debrief and Rebelliously Curious
• Arthur: HBO Max’s The Last of Us

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2h 1min
March 15, 2023 #97 - 2023 Oscars Recap (with Misty Rose and Jared)
Tune in as return guest Misty Rose and newcomer Jared (though he’s been previously present on the program in spirit) hang out with Arthur for a recap of the 2023 Oscars, where the Academy showered down awards love on Everything Everywhere All At Once, people were rushed off the stage and unable to finish their acceptance speeches, and Hugh Grant provided Ashley Graham with a fascinatingly halfhearted interview. This discussion dives into those topics and more, including all the thirsting for EEAAO editor Paul Rogers, the funny little shape that a certain sweat stain from The Whale resembles, and a few of Jared and Misty’s bumpy theater experiences.

Good Word:

• Jared: Killer Klowns from Outer Space
• Misty: Unicorn Wars
• Arthur: The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
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2h 51min

FAQs about 2 Cents Critic:

How many episodes does 2 Cents Critic have?

The podcast currently has 287 episodes available.